The Neurosciences Critical Care Unit (NCCU) at KIMS is a multidisciplinary, tertiary, referral-based intensive care unit designed to treat patients with serious and life-threatening diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system. Our extensive team of specialists work together to treat the most challenging and difficult diseases of the neurologic system and to provide the highest quality and most comprehensive care possible to patients with a variety of neurological conditions and diseases including :
- Tumors of the brain and spinal cord
- Large strokes
- Brain hemorrhage
- Traumatic brain injury
- Many other neurologic diseases which necessitate urgent and intensive care medicine
The NCCU is a multidisciplinary unit, staffed by neurologists, anesthesiologists, neurosurgeons, nurse practitioners, and critical care nurses who are specially trained in neurological disorders treated in the NCCU. Our treatment team also includes social workers, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, and clinical pharmacologists. This multidisciplinary expertise allows us to be successful in the treatment of even the most challenging and difficult diseases of the neurologic system.